diff --git a/openstack-ood/nodeimage.pkr.hcl b/openstack-ood/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
index b31d7a1724bada0b8dbe1002b026d11571c294de..d6489e9680315583491c6fd7976b4faf6f50be1b 100644
--- a/openstack-ood/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
+++ b/openstack-ood/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ build {
     groups        = ["ood"]
     playbook_file = "./ansible/ood.yml"
     roles_path    = "./ansible/roles"
+    ansible_env_vars = ["ANSIBLE_TIMEOUT=60"]
     extra_arguments = [
       "--extra-vars", "root_ssh_key='${var.root_ssh_key}'"
     ]